What do you in your spare time

Oldfatdogs
Oldfatdogs Posts: 1,874
edited September 2011 in The Clubhouse
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  • decal
    decal Posts: 3,205
    edited September 2011
    I listen to music.
    If you can't hear a difference, don't waste your money.
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  • SCompRacer
    SCompRacer Posts: 8,493
    edited September 2011
    Nice woodworking!

    I don't have much spare time, but did build this heavy plinth out of Baltic Birch for my Lenco turntable while on vaca a couple months back. Finishing in progress.

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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,222
    edited September 2011
    WOW!!! Awesome well I will say beautiful work!!!!
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited September 2011
    What do I do in my spare time? Nothing interesting.
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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  • SCompRacer
    SCompRacer Posts: 8,493
    edited September 2011
    dorokusai wrote: »
    Nothing interesting.

    No drunken debauchery?:biggrin:
    Salk SoundScape 8's * Audio Research Reference 3 * Bottlehead Eros Phono * Park's Audio Budgie SUT * Krell KSA-250 * Harmonic Technology Pro 9+ * Signature Series Sonore Music Server w/Deux PS * Roon * Gustard R26 DAC / Singxer SU-6 DDC * Heavy Plinth Lenco L75 Idler Drive * AA MG-1 Linear Air Bearing Arm * AT33PTG/II & Denon 103R * Richard Gray 600S * NHT B-12d subs * GIK Acoustic Treatments * Sennheiser HD650 *
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  • deronb1
    deronb1 Posts: 5,021
    edited September 2011
    Play with my kid, Ref soccer, Listen to music, Fantasy Football, Golf occasionally and Club Polk.
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  • thesurfer
    thesurfer Posts: 574
    edited September 2011
    Spend time with my son, Drink here and there, Listen to the jams, insult people from my front porch,that kinda fun stuff,
    Not an Audiophile, just a dude who loves music, and decent gear to hear it with.
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  • cubdog
    cubdog Posts: 835
    edited September 2011
    Golf in the summer. Get fat in the winter.

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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,516
    edited September 2011
    Disneyland
    If...
    Ron dislikes a film = go out and buy it.
    Ron loves a film = don't even rent.
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,146
    edited September 2011
    I have to keep working on downsizing my hoard. That is my free time thing I'm supposed to concentrate on. It's a rollercoaster ride of sales and acquisitions back in but here's the hobbie past time of years past that I still have a TON of desire to do. Carving wood spirits is very cool. I've yet to do one.

    Woodworking hooby was one...Tables and cabinets. Outdoor folding Andirondak chairs.
    You know those scroll worked valance things that are on porch coloum top corners. I love doing those on a band saw!

    That was before I broke my heel bone building my wood working building. Last piece of large plywood to place on porch roof.

    Now, yard saleing sometimes..pawn shopping alot.

    Over Twenty years time line.....Home maintenance and upgrading windows to name a major thing I did myself only on my own home and property. It was built in 1952. It is so easy with the right tools and knowlege. And fun! really was.:tongue:

    Done alot to this place in 24 years.:cool:
    Rearranged the floor plan by moving walls, doors, and plumbing. The sink and stove are in their original spots. That's about all, oh, my master bedroom had a small alclove built outof the room house the door swing direction from hitting a dresser space. It enlarged the useful space from the room's true perimeters, corner to corner could now be used.

    I added a second bathroom in the back here in the third bathroom space. I also put a laundry room and water heater spot in there too. Where the tub would normally go, I left it out (it has plumbing in place for a tub whenever the tub gets installed.)and put a chest freezer. It served us well for years and years and then one day we felt like we needed a pantry. Out to the enclosed back porck I also built went the chest freezer. I put one of those kitchen crome metal rack (80.00) fore a pantry. We then got a shower curtain ( remenber, this was a tubs space someday and I have the tub out back also)

    I change my cars and truck oils and maintenances and tire rotations. I clean the backsides of those tires and rims when I have them off the vehicles with brakedust cleaner and white majic. Some scrubing with a longbrush handle is required but I Love doing that.
    People will notice at anytime later on and ask....What year is this car??? 95.. Oh man , those wheels make it look alot newer. They're sooocleen, even on the inside, I can see the gloossy shine. I say, yea, I know, I cleaned them. How?... I took them off. You did? yes.:biggrin::cool:

    Just an afternoon thing to do. I'll fill the air pressures too.

    And I'll go to Goodwill just about at the drop of a mention to go. I went this morning since it's been a few days. Saw cheap speaker stands but I have about 6 of that style now.:frown:

    Maybe tommorow..:tongue:
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
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  • cstmar01
    cstmar01 Posts: 4,424
    edited September 2011
    Studying for some different things. Right now is some paralegal classes I'm taking.

    Besides that I'm still young so drinking is a normal thing and bike riding. Working out also consumes a lot of my time and video games but find myself playing less and less as time goes on.

    Wish I had more exciting things to do but thats what I look forward to when I get old. lol
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,146
    edited September 2011
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    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited September 2011
    In my spare time I get into the art of home ownership. Its cool to play home enthusiest but too much work...
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

    Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
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  • exalted512
    exalted512 Posts: 10,735
    edited September 2011
    hookers and blow.
    -Cody
    Music is like candy, you have to get rid of the rappers to enjoy it
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  • ShadesPG
    ShadesPG Posts: 89
    edited September 2011
    i spend a good amount of time listening to music and tweeking my stereo...i go in waves of productivity in organizing my music collection (its around 1.5tb's now and its a never ending process and im really anal about the whole thing so i can only stay interested in it for about a week at a time)...i like to play music although i dont do it enough (i have an original '74 les paul custom among other instruments)....i like to stay in touch with friends over the internet through a good handful of message boards im active on and a few im not

    but mostly, what i like to do in my spare time is go see live music...i see a lot of concerts all the time....there was a period of about 5 years where i went to over 100 concerts a year every year....im a little older now and dont put up quite those kind of numbers but i still spend most of my time looking forward to future concerts and talking about the live music scene with my fellow concert goers....i do a lot of travelling to see music and the friends that i have made from that scene.....i put one car in the ground due to this habit (i racked up over 160,000 miles in less than 5 years)...my current car is at almost 100,000 in 3 years, but some of that is work related......i pay attention to bands and where they play and what they play a lot like how people follow sports teams and their stats. keeping a pulse on the scene is pretty labor intensive but it allows you to catch trends and discover new things both technical and creative.
    For sports i follow the Cincinnati Bengals, Reds, U of Cincinnati Bearcats and Purdue...and a little Ohio State but not much cause i went to purdue but im from cincy.
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,957
    edited September 2011
    madmax wrote: »
    In my spare time I get into the art of home ownership. Its cool to play home enthusiest but too much work...

    Amen to that bro, crap never ends that needs attention. A perpetual time and wallet sucker.

    Old Dog, beautifull work their friend, feel like making me 3 bowls like those ? What would it costs ? Very nice, I don't have the patience for that kind of thing. Kids sucked that all out of me years ago.
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  • rromeo923
    rromeo923 Posts: 1,513
    edited September 2011
    Very nice woodwork OP!!

    I play disc golf. I play soccer. I listen to music. I drink beer and eat chicken wings. I run. I lift weights. I read a lot of books. I surf the web. etc. etc.
    I got static in my head
    The reflected sound of everything
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 1,394
    edited September 2011
    1. Improving Cocoa/Objective C/Cognos/Unix
    2. Staying up to date on C#/Java/Oracle/SQL/VB
    3. Find deals/bargains
    4. Reading news/markets/watch stocks
    5. Pray to the stock gods
    6. Find more deals/bargains
    7. If #3, 5, and 6 do not work out, I go back to work(business) as usual.
    8. If #7 fails, I find a way to make the woman happy. After all, I am hungry at this point. Let another day begin and start over.
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  • xj4094dg
    xj4094dg Posts: 1,158
    edited September 2011
    Great thread.

    When I'm not playing golf, I like to go to these bluffs in Malibu to hit balls. We hit towards the water from here but could never reach Pacific Coast Highway or the water (below). Its awesome to see a drive sail down towards the water, it gives the illusion of a super long drive.

    The guy in the hat with his back to the camera is my boss and owns 1300 acres right on the beach. We are planning an 18-hole, Tom Fazio course on the site.

    I expect the bulldozers will be finding alot of golf balls when they get started!

    Another friend of mine manages several bands so I get to see alot of free live music in Hollywood for something to do at night.

    Lovin' it.
    "The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it." Neil deGrasse Tyson.
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  • exalted512
    exalted512 Posts: 10,735
    edited September 2011
    I take my bike out to the track. This is me in July. If my bike gets out of the damn dealership in time (having some warranty work done), I'll be back at the track October 1:biggrin:

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    -Cody
    Music is like candy, you have to get rid of the rappers to enjoy it
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited September 2011
    Nitrous oxide and carjacking.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,769
    edited September 2011
    I earn a living in my spare time; it gives me something to do when I am not posting on hifi forums.
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  • Joe08867
    Joe08867 Posts: 3,919
    edited September 2011
    I sing Barbershop. Here is a vid from Christmas time 2008. I'm the real fat guy in Red...

    Chordhouse Steps sing I'll Be Home For Christmas
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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,273
    edited September 2011
    Fish
    2-channel: Modwright KWI-200 Integrated, Dynaudio C1-II Signatures
    Desktop rig: LSi7, Polk 110sub, Dayens Ampino amp, W4S DAC/pre, Sonos, JRiver
    Gear on standby: Melody 101 tube pre, Unison Research Simply Italy Integrated
    Gone to new homes: (Matt Polk's)Threshold Stasis SA12e monoblocks, Pass XA30.5 amp, Usher MD2 speakers, Dynaudio C4 platinum speakers, Modwright LS100 (voltz), Simaudio 780D DAC

    erat interfectorem cesar et **** dictatorem dicere a
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  • djperez81
    djperez81 Posts: 388
    edited September 2011
    exalted512 wrote: »
    hookers and blow.
    -Cody
    George Grand wrote: »
    Nitrous oxide and carjacking.

    LMAO...sounds like a good time.:biggrin:
    Music doesn't lie. If there is something to be changed in this world, then it can only happen through music.
    -Jimi Hendrix
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  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 11,007
    edited September 2011
    I do lots of laundry... comes with having a 3.5 month old. I don't have any spare time really.
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  • Fireman32
    Fireman32 Posts: 4,845
    edited September 2011
    I have been bit by the photography bug big time. Been shooting for about 5 months and I am still learning but is is so much fun. Here are some examples of my work.
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    DSC_1818 by dspector32, on Flickr

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    DSC_1016 by dspector32, on Flickr

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    DSC_0364 by dspector32, on Flickr
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  • Splif
    Splif Posts: 114
    edited September 2011
    txcoastal1 wrote: »
    Fish

    Nice Red. Always wanted to fish down there for those. The trout is cool too. I've seen those on TV and seem like theyre aggresive schoolers. Mucho Fantastico!
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  • nadams
    nadams Posts: 5,877
    edited September 2011
    Up until just recently, I spent all my spare time attempting to pickle myself.

    This past week, I've been catching up on a lot of overdue cleaning around the house.

    I project that a lot more of my half-finished projects will be getting finished in the near future...

    Looking forward to regaining the motivation to work on the SDA's... have rings waiting, and need to reinforce the cabinets.
    Ludicrous gibs!
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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,273
    edited September 2011
    Splif wrote: »
    Nice Red. Always wanted to fish down there for those. The trout is cool too. I've seen those on TV and seem like theyre aggresive schoolers. Mucho Fantastico!

    September/October are when the bull red's run for spawn....that one's not even a biggy....the fun part is I use light tackle as you see in the pic, 12lb mono or there is 15lb braid
    2-channel: Modwright KWI-200 Integrated, Dynaudio C1-II Signatures
    Desktop rig: LSi7, Polk 110sub, Dayens Ampino amp, W4S DAC/pre, Sonos, JRiver
    Gear on standby: Melody 101 tube pre, Unison Research Simply Italy Integrated
    Gone to new homes: (Matt Polk's)Threshold Stasis SA12e monoblocks, Pass XA30.5 amp, Usher MD2 speakers, Dynaudio C4 platinum speakers, Modwright LS100 (voltz), Simaudio 780D DAC

    erat interfectorem cesar et **** dictatorem dicere a
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